June 30, 2012, 7:05AM

For the first time in history, Congress has voted to hold a U.S. Attorney General in contempt. But because it happened on the same day as a momentous ruling on health care, it was mostly overlooked. We’re just picking up the aftershocks now, as everyone’s left asking, wait a second — how did this political showdown get so out... Full story »

June 20, 2012, 9:55AM

The senator's political games have proved costly for the state in this case. Senate Republicans now say they won’t consider any more judicial nominees before the election, leaving U.S. Magistrate Patty Shwartz stranded and New Jersey's seat on a high-ranking court vacant. Full story »

June 19, 2012, 6:03AM

It doesn’t matter how compelling the case is. Or how desperate. A woman being beaten by her husband who needs a restraining order, fast. A mother who hasn’t gotten a nickel in child support. An elderly man who’s facing foreclosure. All are forced to argue it alone, or give up entirely, because they are poor. Of every three cases that... Full story »

June 18, 2012, 6:03AM

The following exchange between former New Jersey governors Brendan T. Byrne and Tom Kean took place in a Thursday teleconference. Q: You both knew New Jersey’s unofficial historian John T. Cunningham, who died earlier this month. How vital is it that someone chronicle our history? GOV. BYRNE: I figured John Cunningham would live forever, so I never gave any thought... Full story »

June 18, 2012, 6:02AM

Solomon Dwek, the key informant in New Jersey’s big federal corruption sting, has implicated a man nominated by Gov. Chris Christie for a judgeship as corrupt. Or maybe he’s not, and Dwek is lying. Either way, we need to know more. Sen. Raymond Lesniak (D-Union), a member of the judiciary committee, is right to call for testimony from Dwek. Bring... Full story »

June 15, 2012, 12:36PM

The Assembly Judiciary Committee advanced a bill on Thursday that would remove the statute of limitations for victims of long-ago child sex abuse to sue their attackers and the institutions that allowed it. Full story »